MC_fit: Inverse Thermobarometry with Incomplete Information

Preface

“You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?”

– Dirty Harry Callahan

Table of Contents

• What is MC_fit?
• Don’t like reading? A Quick Start Guide
• Do’s and Don’ts
  • Do’s
  • Don’ts
• Introduction
• Inverse Problems
• Strategy
  • Randomized Nelder-Mead Search
  • Central Model Analysis
  • Perturbation Analysis
• MC_fit_plot
• I/O File Format
  • Input: my_project.dat
  • Input: my_project.imc
  • Output: my_project.out
  • Output: Console
  • Output: my_project_central.pts
  • Output: my_project_perturbed.pts
• Misfit and Bayes Score
  • Misfit
  • Bayes Score
  • Multiple Assemblages and/or Experiments
• Options
  • Option Keywords Grouped (Roughly) by Functionality
  • Option Details
• Examples
  • Local equilibrium problems with no unique bulk composition
  • Bulk equilibrium problems with bulk compositional constraints
  • Bulk equilibrium problems with modal constraints
• Appendix A: Program Comparison
• Appendix B: Bulk Composition?
• Appendix C: Chemical Potential and Fugacity
• Appendix D: Ferric/Ferrous Iron Content
• References
• Index
• Index of Labels
• Glossary